Business

Keyboarding/Computer Applications 8

Prerequisites: None
This course is allows students to develop touch skills for entering alphabetic, numeric, and symbol information on a keyboard. Students compose and produce personal, educational, and professional documents.

Keyboarding Applications

Prerequisites: None
Students enhance touch skills for entering alphabetic, numeric, and symbol information on a keyboard. Students compose a variety of personal, educational, and professional documents. This course is offered for grades 9-12.

Principles of Business and Marketing

Prerequisites: None
Students study how the economy operates and prepare to make decisions as consumers, wage earners, and citizens.

Informational Technology Fundamentals

Prerequisites: Keyboarding Course/Demonstration and documentation of touch keyboarding skills
Information Technology(IT) Fundamentals introduces the essential technical and professional skills required for students to pursue programs leading to professional careers and IT certifications. Students investigate career opportunities and technologies in four major IT areas: Information Services and Support, Network Systems, Programming and Software Development, and Interactive Media. Students will evaluate the impact of IT on other career clusters. The focus of the IT Fundamentals course is the introduction of skills related to information technology basics, Internet fundamentals, network systems, computer maintenance/upgrading/troubleshooting, computer applications, programming, graphics, Web page design, and interactive media. Students explore ethical issues related to computers and Internet technology and develop teamwork and communication skills that will enhance thier employability. Suggested grade level: 9, 10

Word Processing

Prerequisites: Keyboarding course or demonstration/documentation of touch keyboarding skills
Students develop intermediate to advanced level word processing skills using a variety of software functions, including graphics, desktop publishing, and telecommunications. Students gain competence integrating other applications such as database and spreadsheet into word-processing activities. Classroom experiences also provide for skill development in communication. The cooperative education method is available for this course. Students combine classroom instruction and supervised on-the-job training in an approved position with continuing supervision throughout the school year.Suggested grade level: 9,10,11,12

Computer Information Systems 1/11

Prerequisites: Keyboarding Applications
This course is offered for students in grades 10-12. Students apply problem solving skills to real-life situations through word processing, spreadsheets, database, and multimedia presentation software, and through integrated software activities. Students work individually and in groups to explore computer concepts, operating systems, networks and telecommunications, and emerging technologies. Completion of this course may prepare students for the certification exam for Microsoft Office User. This course is also offered as dual credit.

Accounting

Prerequisites: Keyboarding Applications
This course is open to 10th through 12th grade students. Students study the basic principles, concepts, and practices of the accounting cycles. Students learn fundamental accounting procedures using a manual and an electrical system. This course is also offered as dual credit.